Notice Information
Notice Title
Supply of STRATUM software
Notice Description
Supply of STRATUM software This is a voluntary ex ante transparency notice for the Open University's intention to award a contract. The Open University (OU) intends to award a contract for 2 years with an option of further annual extensions up a maximum of five years in total for the maintenance of its current alumni, donor, and business engagement customer relationship management system (Current application STRATUM). The STRATUM application is owned, supplied and supported exclusively by ClearCourse, a company which specialises in software membership and external relationship management.
Lot Information
Lot 1
This is a voluntary ex ante transparency notice for the Open University's intention to award a contract. The Open University (OU) intends to award a contract for 2 years with an option of further annual extensions up a maximum of five years in total for the maintenance of its current alumni, donor, and business engagement customer relationship management system (Current application STRATUM). The STRATUM application is owned, supplied and supported exclusively by ClearCourse, a company which specialises in software membership and external relationship management. The OU has identified that this is currently the only viable option to deliver major external compliance requirements and meet income generation targets in the areas of industry research and philanthropy, whilst maintaining the current core business that is achievable within the OU's capital and revenue budget and staff capacity. Since the system was installed some years ago, the OU has made substantial investment in STRATUM terms of process, infrastructure, staff skills and capabilities. The suite of software provides a range of capabilities developed specifically for the OU, including a research management system, legacy management system and preference centre. Upgrades have provided a staff and alumni portal which is driven from the data held in the STRATUM database and in, further development of online giving pages and payment system for alumni has also recently taken place. The STRATUM application has also required the OU to make additional substantial investment in terms of integrations into the rest of the OU's technical estate (which is complex and contains a number of bespoke legacy systems), the finance system and a separate data warehouse. The OU has identified that for reasons of technical complexity, compatibility, continuity, the need to minimise disruption to core business and the need to introduce greater resilience for existing systems, that only the products, services and support provided by ClearCourse are capable of meeting the OU's requirement. It is envisaged that the maximum value of the contract will be 500,000 GBP.
Options: Initial 2 year term with an option of further annual extensions up a maximum of five years in total.
Procurement Information
This is a voluntary ex ante transparency notice for the Open University's intention to award a contract. The Open University (OU) intends to award a contract for 2 years with an option of further annual extensions up a maximum of five years in total for the maintenance of its current alumni, donor, and business engagement customer relationship management system (Current application STRATUM). The STRATUM application is owned, supplied and supported exclusively by ClearCourse, a company which specialises in software membership and external relationship management. The OU has identified that this is currently the only viable option to deliver major external compliance requirements and meet income generation targets in the areas of industry research and philanthropy, whilst maintaining the current core business that is achievable within the OU's capital and revenue budget and staff capacity. Since the system was installed some years ago, the OU has made substantial investment in STRATUM terms of process, infrastructure, staff skills and capabilities. The suite of software provides a range of capabilities developed specifically for the OU, including a research management system, legacy management system and preference centre. Upgrades have provided a staff and alumni portal which is driven from the data held in the STRATUM database and in, further development of online giving pages and payment system for alumni has also recently taken place. The STRATUM application has also required the OU to make additional substantial investment in terms of integrations into the rest of the OU's technical estate (which is complex and contains a number of bespoke legacy systems), the finance system and a separate data warehouse. The OU has identified that for reasons of technical complexity, compatibility, continuity, the need to minimise disruption to core business and the need to introduce greater resilience for existing systems, that only the products, services and support provided by ClearCourse are capable of meeting the OU's requirement. It is envisaged that the maximum value of the contract will be 500,000 GBP.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-044cf0
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009806-2024
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
48 - Software package and information systems
-
- CPV Codes
48000000 - Software package and information systems
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £550,000 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 26 Mar 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 26 Mar 20241 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE)
- Contact Name
- Procurement Team
- Contact Email
- fbs-procurement@open.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- MILTON KEYNES
- Postcode
- MK7 6AA
- Post Town
- Milton Keynes
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ12 Milton Keynes
- Delivery Location
- TLJ12 Milton Keynes
-
- Local Authority
- Milton Keynes
- Electoral Ward
- Monkston
- Westminster Constituency
- Milton Keynes Central
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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